So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” (II Kings 4:2)

“If only we had a bigger house, we could start a house church.”

“If only I had her money, I could do so much for the poor.”

“If only we had more members in our church, we could have such a great impact on our community.”

Ever make a statement like any of the above?

Quite often, when our mission/problem seems overwhelming, we are tempted to think this way, aren’t we? We look at what we don’t have and wish we had something that we lack right now.

The widow in 2 Kings 4 is faced with a seemingly insurmountable mountain of debt. She is at the point of losing all she owns, including her sons. She cannot see her way out of it. She cannot see what she has that could be used to bring about the breakthrough.

Notice how Elisha begins by asking her: “What do you have in the house?”

“Nothing but a jar of oil.” You can almost sense the despondency in her voice. Like, what good is a jar of oil to help me pay off these debilitating debts?

It is reminiscent of the time Jesus charged his disciples with the responsibility of feeding the multitudes. While they were questioning Jesus’ wisdom and calculating how much it would cost, Jesus asks a simple question: “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” (Mark 6:38)

Once they let him know what they have–five loaves and two fish—now Jesus can tell them what to do with them and the rest is history.

In a similar vein, once the widow lets Elisha know that she has something, now the prophet can release to her a strategy for multiplication that turns the jar of oil into a pipeline of profits that will help her become debt-free and indeed sustain her family for years to come.

My dear DWOD friend, are you feeling overwhelmed by your present circumstances? A goal that you have set? A mission that you have been assigned?

The Lord is asking you: “Tell me, WHAT DO YOU HAVE in the house?”

You may not have hours and hours to spend with Him just yet…just give Him the 15 minutes you do have right now…watch what He does with it!

You may not have tens of thousands of dollars to tithe. Start with the tens and twenties you do have right now…watch what He does with it!

You may not have the polished skills you need to succeed in your profession/calling. Take the rough skills you do have right now and start working with them…watch how He makes you successful!

He is not asking you for what you do not have. All you have is all He needs.

Today He is asking you: “What do you have?”

What is your answer?

“But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile a person…” (Matthew 15:18-20)

When you click on this thumbnail image and enlarge it, you will discover that it comes from Domino’s Pizza’s facebook page where customers are encouraged to provide feedback on their experiences with Domino’s offerings.

Recently a customer wrote: “Best Pizza Ever! Keep up the good work, guys!” followed by a smiley emoticon 🙂

Here is Domino Pizza’s reply to her compliment: “So sorry about that! Please share some additional information with us at bit.ly/dpz_care and please mention reference# 1409193 so we can have this addressed.”

Why such a bizarre response you may wonder. Here is the explanation.

Apparently, the comments on the page are not read and responded to by a human being. The entire process is automated using “bots” (short form for robot), which are programmed to scan the comments and post appropriate responses.

It seems that those who provide unfavourable feedback often use exclamation points, frownies (opposite of smileys) and other characters to emphasize their displeasure. Domino’s is, of course, used to seeing its fair share of these comments.

Thus, when the bot saw a post that looked like a caustic comment, it automatically generated an apology and offered information on how Domino’s would address it.

I did not take the time to verify this particular post…I’d heard about it on the radio and found this picture on www.consumerist.com. But, when I scanned Domino’s facebook page, I found this comment by a customer: “Large pineapple and banana pepper pizza. 2 liter of coke. Insidious.”

Once again, the bot generated an apology, only to have the customer post this response: “No. It was perfect. Insidious was the movie I watched during the pizza. I should have clarified :-)”

Even as I was laughing at these misreadings by the Domino’s bot, I couldn’t help think about how it seems that there is an “inner bot” at work in us as well.

Are there “triggers” that cause you to respond automatically as did the bot?

For example, you may run into someone who has been known to criticize you all the time. Your brain immediately switches to defensive mode. “All systems alert! Get ready to intercept incoming interlocutory verbalistic missile!”

They could say the nicest thing about you that has ever been said…but, unless you were really tuned in, you would likely strike back without even thinking!

Or, you may have grown up with an image of God as being a harsh taskmaster. You have been conditioned to earn His love by your good deeds for fear of punishment. You are likely to have initial difficulty accepting any teaching that stresses that He is your Father who loves you unconditionally and simply wants you to rest in Him. You will find it rather strange to serve from acceptance and not for acceptance.

Perhaps you were let down by a very close friend. Now when someone says anything remotely resembling what that former friend used to say (“We’re friends for life!”), you give your potential new friend the brush-off, much to their bewilderment.

You get the idea, right?

Dear DWOD friend, would you take some time today and ask Holy Spirit to show you ways in which your inner Domino’s bot might be at work?  You’ll be surprised!

Perhaps it is time to re-program that bot as Paul recommends in Romans 12:2, “by the renewing of your mind.”

Please feel free to contact me or Darren so we can direct you to someone who can minister to you.

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.  So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.” (Psalm 81:11-12)

One of the not so enjoyable chores when you come home after being away for 10 days is to unpack everything you took and put each item in its rightful place.

We had to unpack one great big suitcase, which had both of our clothes in it. I promptly removed some of my apparel which formed the top layer, came to a couple of layers of Sulojana’s clothes and decided to stop until she returned them to their proper habitats.

Two days later, she reminded me that there was a bottom layer of my articles of clothing which still needed to be unpacked. I noticed it too, but being always in a hurry, chose not to do so right away. After all, they were not exactly hurting anyone, were they?

Picture this. Big, open red suitcase on the floor on the path from the bedroom door to the bed. It was sufficiently out of the way that you could step around it and still get to bed without any problem.

Yet another alert from the missus. “Isn’t it time to get those clothes out of there?” I nodded in agreement, but still did nothing about it.

You will be glad to know that finally on Thursday all the clothes were outta there in a hurry…but not until something happened late Wednesday night.

Sulojana was already in bed when I came in, turned off the light and almost immediately went: “Ouch!” (rough translation). Yes, you guessed it, the red suitcase had become invisible in the darkness and I stubbed my toes when I tripped over it.

That’s when I realized that this needless shot of pain could’ve been completely avoided had I simply heeded Sulojana’s first request and acted on her subsequent reminder.

Have you ever learned lessons the hard way too? I would suspect that most of us can come up with at least one illustration of how we failed to follow the counsel of a parent, teacher, mentor, pastor or elder and got into trouble as a result. Amen?

There is a limit to how often they can tell us to do something or refrain from something. After a while, they let us learn our own lessons, when we trip up!

Do you realize that God does the same as well? Because He has given us the gift of a free will, He allows us to make mistakes, face the consequences, realize the folly of our ways and then acknowledge that He was right all along!

In the words quoted at the beginning of this DWOD, God talks about how He let the people of Israel go their own way even though He had warned them about not worshipping other gods. He “gave them over to their stubborn hearts.”

They could’ve avoided the pain, but they chose to stub their toes first. In the process they tied up God’s hands from “quickly subduing their enemies.” (v. 14)

God’s Word also warns us that failing to act after repeated warnings could lead to disaster: “Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.” (Proverbs 29:1) Harsh words for hard hearts, eh?         

Dear DWOD friend, do you realize that you can accelerate the journey to your destiny if you choose to obey right off the bat? Of course, on the other hand, you could delay the journey by tripping yourself up along the way too 🙂 The choice is yours!

“O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.” (Psalm 63:1)

Before we made the decision to rent the cottage at Huron City, Michigan last week, I was fully aware that there was no 24/7 internet access there. We would be able to go online through unsecured Wi-Fi hotspots at two different locations nearby, though.

Sulojana was not sure how I would cope with this, as she has reportedly spotted an IPhone growing out of my left hand. Apparently I have a reputation for being a quick draw when said device signalled the arrival of a text message or an e-mail or a Facebook message notification or a CBC news alert or a YouVersion reminder or…well, you get the idea!

Frankly, I was not sure, either, but I knew that I had to reduce the frequency with which I caught up with e-mails, Facebook updates and their ilk.

Amazingly enough, it did not bother me quite as much as I thought it would to wake up, reach for the IPhone and not be able to scan e-mails and other digital messages.

As a matter of fact, I was totally flabbergasted to discover that I had not missed out on much even when I waited till 10:30 or 11 a.m. to check these electronic notifications for the first time that day.

It was downright humbling to realize that the Kingdom of God was advancing very well, thank you, even when I didn’t check every Kingdom-related Facebook page first thing in the morning or read every anointed blog post that comes automatically into my inbox!

Instead, upon awakening, I would turn to the YouVersion app on my IPhone and read the Bible for a few minutes. I would write down any dreams that I still recalled from the previous night. I would stay still and allow the Father to love on me and whisper any revelations He had for me.

Most of our friends and family know that yours truly is not an early riser. Those who scrutinize time signatures on e-mails and Facebook posts have often rebuked me for staying up into the wee hours of the morning. For the most part, that’s when I get a lot of work done. I have justified it with Psalm 19:2: “…night unto night reveals knowledge.”

But the Lord was teaching me something about how to start the day right, by arranging for us to stay at this cottage without internet access. I began to see the value of beginning a day by feeding on His Word even before ingesting that first sip of caffeine.

This may sound like proof-texting, but it seemed as though I was obeying the command to “seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness” every day now.

Many anointed men and women of God with whom I am acquainted such as my close pastor friends, Ric Borozny and Dayo Adeyemo and one with whom I am most familiar, my dear wife, Sulojana make a conscious choice to get up earlier than they need to every morning, simply so they can seek God’s face and devour His word.

It has been only three days now, but I have managed to resist the temptation to scan the notifications on my IPhone screen first thing in the morning as I have done for many years now. Praise God!

Perhaps it is no accident that David wrote these words in Psalm 63: “O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.”

How about you, dear DWOD friend? Do you start your day right? Please share your experiences with the rest of us in the box below.

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labour and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” (Exodus 20:8-11)

Sulojana and I were blessed to spend 7 days together in a cabin on the “thumb” of Michigan, close to Port Austin. It was the first time in nearly 25 years that we had taken the time to do nothing but rest on a holiday.

You may not be surprised to hear that simply unwinding was not easy. Coping with the deafening sound of silence was quite a task, but we did it. Other than a few excursions to the beach and a couple of trips to the neighbouring town on rainy days, we spent as much time as possible in the cabin—reading, writing, reflecting, soaking and sleeping.

It was quite an experience to simply rest and relax.

During this time, Holy Spirit reminded me of how much rest is valued by our heavenly Father. In the fourth commandment quote above, the people of Israel are told to “remember” the Sabbath.

God then reminds them what they need to remember. He takes them back to the very beginning and points out how He Himself rested for an entire day following the six days of Creation.

Was it because God was tired? Of course, not! He rested because He was setting a pattern for all of His Creation to follow.

Although, over the years, the “holy day” aspect of the Sabbath has turned it into a day of worship, the fact remains that the primary purpose of the Sabbath is for us to simply rest, to cease and desist from all labour.

Our bodies need down time to get us back up and motoring again. Our minds require rest to be renewed. And our spirits need a Sabbath to be refreshed by Holy Spirit.

That is the way God made us. That is how we are wired. It is not a luxury, but an absolute necessity.

Holy Spirit reminded me how easy it is for us to focus on observing the Sabbath by going to church and worshipping God and completely neglect the rest for which it was intended.

As a matter of fact, the word ‘holy’ simply means ‘set apart’. In other words, what makes the Sabbath holy is the fact that we choose to set it aside for God’s purposes, which begin with rest and end with worship.

You could call it “Idle Worship!”

Dear DWOD friend, as you advance toward your destiny, please make sure that you take the time to observe the Sabbath. Whatever you do, please do not neglect to rest as you must, as your Creator has commanded.

For when you do, you are following His pattern. And you will bring a smile to His face.

(For the record, I have decided to take Mondays off completely beginning Aug. 11. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.)

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.” (Proverbs 3:27)

Quick Quiz: Where in the Bible do you find the verse: “God helps those who help themselves?”

Correct Answer: Nowhere, even though many Christians have been known to quote it as Biblical truth.

Yet, in reality, “God helps those who cannot help themselves through those who can help them” would be closer to the truth.

Right from the get-go, God insists that His people go out of their way to assist those who do not have the means to provide for their own needs.

Here is one example: “When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.” (Deuteronomy 24:19)

To this day, we continue to honour His commitment to care for those who cannot take care of themselves, amen?

Whether it is assisting those in your family or church family with financial support, supplying your local Food Bank with provisions, adopting a child through World Vision or Compassion International, sending a portion of your harvest to the Foodgrains Bank as some farmers do—there is a host of ways to help!

Sometimes the resources needed are not material, but human. Thus you give freely of your time as a Big Brother/Sister, a volunteer caregiver at a nursing home, a helper with Habitat for Humanity—there are so many opportunities to do what you can for all who can’t do it themselves!

When Sulojana and I were at the Rising Fire Revival Camp last weekend, the Lord opened my eyes to see another way in which His servants honoured the desire of His heart.

Our friend Mark Redner, who carries an extraordinary healing anointing, hung around way past most people’s bedtime (including his own) and ministered to every single person who came up for prayer.

Incredible miracles were happening, the most notable of which was a woman who experienced an amazing turnaround in her struggles with MS and lupus among other ailments.

Pastor Mark was like the Energizer Bunny in the famous battery commercial—indefatigable, pressing in and pushing for healing. We found out the next day that he had stayed on till 1:30 a.m., two hours after Sulojana and I had left following his prayer ministry to us. Wow!

Mind you, this was not the first time I had seen a servant of God give himself away in this fashion. Peter Kumar and Darren Canning are two who simply will not rest until they have offered prophetic ministry to everyone in the room who seeks it—no matter how large the crowd, no matter how long it takes.

I found it quite fascinating to read how Eugene Petersen paraphrases this verse in The Message Version of the Bible: “Never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is God’s hand for that person.”

That was literally the case with Mark Redner’s ministry on Friday night. It is also exactly what happens when you step up and offer your help in any way at all to those who cannot help themselves.

Dear DWOD friend, as you advance on the road to your destiny, would you make sure that you do all you can for all who can’t? For when you do, you honour the heart of your heavenly Father and follow the example of your Lord and Saviour Jesus, who always ministered to all who came to him.

And the best part of it all? Your hands become God’s hands!!!

“And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:6-7)

From time to time, someone will ask those of us who are used by God in prophetic ministry: “Why are you not saying anything negative to those receiving prophecy? Why are you not offering too many correctional words? After all, isn’t that how God spoke through prophets, according to the Bible?”

Yes, it is true that many prophetic utterances recorded in Scripture do indeed contain words of judgment, particularly in the Old Testament. However, the primary purpose of prophecy, according to the revelation received by the apostle Paul is threefold: “To build up, encourage and comfort.” (I Corinthians 14:3)

This morning, as Sulojana and I were relaxing on lounge chairs at a beach on the shores of Lake Huron, the Lord gave me a revelation of why He chooses to release more words that are “positive” in content than not.

It is all a matter of perspective, He said. To illustrate, He took me in a vision and placed me in front of a person who was a bona fide rebel who had willfully chosen to disregard the warnings he had received from others to repent.

Just as my eyes were glued on his sinful ways and my mind started making a list of all his violations, I suddenly felt myself being yanked out of my chair and going upward very slowly, until it seemed as though I had reached a cloud that was in the sky directly above the spot where we were lounging.

He said to me: “Look at him now and tell me what you see.”

Needless to say, from this lofty perch, he was barely visible and the details of his life were definitely not discernible. Indeed, all I could see was how he was cloaked by a shaft of sunlight.

The Lord said: “Now you are seeing him as I do.” He went on to say: “Jeeva, it is so easy for you to see him as he is in reality…but I see him as I created him to be. Your perspective is earthly, mine is heavenly. When you see him, you can easily stop with condemnation. When I see him, all I feel is compassion. That is why I give my prophets a picture of who he can be that they can release to him. Then Holy Spirit takes over and brings about conviction in his heart.”

At that point, I started to come back to earth. Funny thing, but when I looked at him after this encounter, all I could see was how he was clothed in the brilliance of righteousness.  The Lord had graciously masked his filthy rags from my eyes, so that I would prophesy from heaven’s perspective and release a vision of how the Father saw him.

It reminded me of the time when Peter was so full of guilt and shame over denying that he ever knew Jesus. Yet, when Jesus took him aside after He had risen from the dead, He said nothing about Peter’s failure. All he said was: “Feed my lambs…Tend my sheep…Feed my sheep.” (John 21:15-17)

Jesus did not dwell on his sin of commission. Instead he dealt him a new commission. He prophesied destiny over Peter.

If we are indeed “seated with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:6), could we do anything else?

This is the confidence that we have in our relationship with God: If we ask for anything in agreement with his will, He listens to us.  If we know that He listens to whatever we ask, we know that we have received what we asked from Him. (I John 5:14-15)

Mark Redner, pastor at The Oasis in the Ottawa Valley of Canada, made a statement on Friday night that stopped me in my tracks and gave me cause to pause.

Pastor Mark was opening up the Rising Fire Revival Camp in Thamesford, Ontario with a great message which included a list of shifts we need to make in our lives.

He pointed out how when it comes to prayer, we come to God with our list of needs, wants and desires and then posed this question:

“You know what’s on your list…but do you know what’s on God’s list?”

He followed it up with a supplementary question: “Have you ever asked God to tell you what’s on His list?”

Would it surprise you to hear that I was not the only one who had to push the pause button at that particular juncture in his talk?

You have to admit that this quite a shift we’re talking about here. Yet, he was, er, right on the mark with his pointed question.

For many Christians, prayer only goes one way—from earth to heaven. Yet, we have a Father in heaven who loves to communicate with us. He longs for moments when He can talk to us and share His heart with us.

If we stopped at the point of sharing our list with Him, then we do not give Him a chance to let us know the contents of His list, amen?

Mark Redner suggested that we simply ask God: “Father, what would you like me to pray for?” and then wait for Him to talk.

Once He reveals His list to us, now we are praying according to His will and when we pray according to His will, then every prayer is answered.

You may be surprised to discover that His prayer list is very different from yours! You may be praying according to what you think are your greatest needs, but His perspective may shock you.

When we were pressing in for healing three years ago after doctors discovered a huge polyp in my colon that was threatening to cause bowel obstruction, Sulojana was shocked to discover that God’s list called us to pray for a couple we had not even thought about for quite some time.

You see, a few years back, there had been a fall-out between us. Truth be known, there was still some residual anger and bitterness in our hearts.

Healing seemed to be our priority, but forgiving them was tops on the Father’s list. So, we prayed as He had directed. That prayer led to Him issuing a further directive: To contact them and initiate a process of reconciliation.

We did. We reconciled. Healing followed in an amazing way that we could have never imagined or orchestrated!

Dear DWOD friend, will you make this shift right now in your prayer life? You will be amazed how praying according to God’s list will change your life and accelerate you toward your destiny. You may also discover as we did that He will cross off items on your list in the process!

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:16-17)

In yesterday’s DWOD, we discovered how an earthquake 19 miles (30 km) beneath the ocean floor triggered a tsunami that resulted in the loss of nearly 250,000 lives on Dec. 26, 2004.

When we dig a bit deeper, we find that the earthquake itself was triggered by a shift in the tectonic plates of the earth’s crust. In this particular instance, it was the Indian and Burma plates that shifted, leading to the earthquake.

Hard to believe, but all it took was a small shift deep down to have such a great impact. Geologists did not know that the shift had happened until the earthquake hit.

What does a shift have to do with your destiny, you ask?

Everything.

Consider this scenario. A boy and a girl have been going to the same school, the same church, the same games and dances since childhood. They know each other’s names, parents, siblings, likes and dislikes…in short, they know all the significant details of each other’s lives. They are good friends.

At one particular point in time, they begin to look at each other with slightly different eyes. It may have happened, just like that, one day. Or it may have been building up over a few days, weeks or months.

Now they see each other not just as friends for life, but as husband and wife. A period of courtship begins, wedding bells follow and a lifelong relationship of marriage begins.

What got the ball rolling toward holy matrimony? It was a shift in the way they saw each other. Once the shift happened within both of them, everything changed!

Think about how you became a follower of Jesus.

No matter whether you were raised in church or not, if you simply viewed Him as just a good man, a good teacher, a miracle worker, reformer or whatever else, nothing changes.

And then one day, you see Him for who He really is—the Saviour of the World! No matter where it happened—at a crusade, a church service, a youth camp, a café, your home—once that shift took place within you, then nothing could hold you back from receiving Him as your Lord and Saviour.

Now that the Holy Spirit has engineered this shift, everything changes. You are born again, you become a new creation and the adventure of Christian living begins!

Even as you continue going down the Christian journey, more shifts follow.

One of the shifts that happened in my Christian walk was the day I heard Pastor Steve Long point out that if Jesus, as a human being like me, lived a supernatural life through the power of the Holy Spirit, so could I!

Not only did he teach this at a pastors’ gathering, he then went on to demonstrate it. When I saw a woman with excruciating back pain leave that meeting pain-free, my life had changed forever.

Of course, I did not know that it had…but the shift had happened within me. There was no going back. (You can read more about it here.)

How about you, DWOD friend? Can you think of similar shifts that have changed everything for you?

Praise God! Would you please share them with the rest of your DWOD family? Thanks in advance.

 

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty.” (Haggai 2:6-7)

Do you remember the tsunami that caused widespread global devastation on Dec. 26, 2004? How could you not, eh? Perhaps you were affected personally by this unexpected avalanche of water upon the land, as members of Sulojana’s family were in the southern tip of India.

What is the first picture that comes to your mind when you hear the word “tsunami”? Chances are you saw a huge tidal wave such as the one that accompanies this DWOD.

Granted it is an awe-inspiring sight to see a huge wall of water come barrelling toward land.  But that is not how a tsunami gets started.

Here is how one expert explains it: “A tsunami is usually caused by a powerful earthquake under the ocean floor. This earthquake pushes a large volume of water to the surface, creating waves. These waves are the tsunami…A tsunami can also be triggered by a volcanic eruption, landslide, or other movements of the Earth’s surface.”

You do not get to see the earthquake that gets it all started, do you? Its tremors can be picked up by sensors and its location identified, but no one gets to see the beginning of a tsunami wave which can happen miles below the surface.

By the way, the tsunami of 2004 was triggered by an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale at a depth of 19 miles (30 km) below sea level.

No quake. No Wave.

Why all this talk about the tsunami today, Pastor Jeeva? Glad you asked 

Over the years I have heard many followers of Jesus long for a tsunami wave of the Holy Spirit to sweep over individual lives, the Church and our world with furious love and overwhelming power, so that our lives may be changed forever. After all God Himself has promised that “the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” (Habakkuk 2:14)

You can count me in among the company of those who long for that day as well.

However, if we simply wait for the wave to manifest, we might be missing the boat. Because, you see, without an internal earthquake there is no external tsunami wave.    It is time to put away the telescope and start looking through the microscope.

It is time to ask: “Holy Spirit, what deep work do you need to do inside of me?”

That is a dangerous question to ask, because the answer might lead to a shaking of what has been built up over the years—not only sin and regret, but also valued church and family traditions, established patterns of worship, fellowship and outreach, the “business as usual” casual approach to life and to God—you name it, it is up for grabs!

After all, God promised to shake everything including heaven and earth in Hebrews 12:26. Will our lives and our churches be exempt from that shaking?

So, dear DWOD friend, are you as eager for a God-sized quake as you are for a Holy Spirit tsunami wave?

No quake. No wave.

Say Yes to being shaken. Get ready to be overtaken. By His love, His Power, His Blessings, His Very Presence.